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Kate Bush has let her peerless music do the talking since 1978...but she has still provided fascinating insights into her magical art.

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Patience is a virtue. #KateBush #BeforeTheDawn

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"There seems to be a longer gap between each album. I'd love to make an album in 8 weeks. But I don't think I'd be happy with it." (1989)

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"What's important to me is to hopefully be a human being who has a sense of who you are, not what everyone else thinks you are." (2005)

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"I find it extraordinary that people want to write about me when I do so little. I just pop out, do an album and go away again." (1989)

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The 'Cloudbusting' process: even geniuses need a little luck along the way.

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“I’m often inspired by unusual, distorted, weird subjects. It's a reflection of me, my liking for weirdness.” (Melody Maker, 1980)

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"The showbiz life doesn't appeal to me. You get pulled by people who want you to behave differently. But it's not for me." (Mirror, 1989)

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On 'The Dreaming': "A lot of people won't like it. The more I write, the less I worry about this, and the better it is." (ZigZag, 1982)

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"It's impossible to move through life without adopting a bit of cynicism. People are going to stitch you up...it prepares you." (Q, 1993)

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Kate on the inspiration for the majestic '50 Words For Snow', released two years ago today (BBC 6Music, 2011)

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"Well, I did buy the last Gorillaz album...I'm not a complete old fart." (BBC Radio 4, 2011)

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"Everyone can feel misunderstood. But there's no one song that's truly autobiographical. There's something of me in every song." (MTV,1985)

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Starting, inevitably, with 'Wuthering Heights' (Record Mirror, 1978)